Railway passenger-car



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RAILWAY PASSENGER OAR. No. 367,811. Patented Aug. 9, 1 887 Kmmaxkm: 3mmAsia N. PETERS. PhnwLimn n mr. Wahinglfln. D. a

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS OFHYDE, OF BRIGH'IWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS.

RAILWAY PASSENGER-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,811, dated August9. 1887.

Application filed December 23, 1886.

In cars of this class an unpleasant feature lies in the fact that noprovision is made for lighting the top of the car'in the daytime, andalso in the absence of means of proper Ventilation. As cars are nowconstructed the only day lighting is obtained from the windows situatedin the sides of the cars and at a plane considerably below the roof andbundle racks, thus rendering to give the top of the car a gloomyappearance, and necessarily bringing the bundleracks within a deepshadow.

It is the object of this invention to obviate these unpleasant features;and to that end the invention consists in locating windows of the eyelidor other suitable ornamental style along the roof at any desireddistance apart, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a passengerear, two stylesof windows being shown in the roof. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection onlinear: m, Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Arepresents a passenger-car provided with a turtle-back or oval porated,in contradistinction to the so-called double-decker. v i

-D are windows, of any suitable and orna Serial No. 229,399. (No model.)

preferably should be provided with a sash arranged to open in order toassist ventilation. lhe face of the windows should preferably be upon avertical parallel plane with the sides of the car, while their positionin such vertical plane may be coincident with, inside of, or projectingbeyond the side of the car, thereby enabling meeto have a greaterlatitude for change in architectural ornamentation.

It must naturallyfollo-w that where windows are inserted in a roof ofthe character described there must be a connection between the two, soas to exclude the elements, the nature of such connection dependinglargely upon the relation between the two architectural constructions,and, as this merely calls for the application of ordinarymechanicalskill, it forms no part of my invention.

E is a bundle-rack, any desired number of which may be arranged alongthe top of the car, at the sides, as usual.

A car provided with froof-windows, sub stantially as described, will befound light at the ceiling and can be readily ventilated, while itaffords a greater scope for tcsthetic oruam en-.

tation than in cars not so constructed.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. In a passenger-car having an oval orturtle-back roof, windows placed in said roof above the roof-plate andadjoining the same, substantially as described.

2. In a passcnger car having an oval or turtle-back roof, windows placedin said roof upon either side of the car, the faces of said windowsbeing upon a plane substantially in line with and parallel to the sideof the car, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a car, A, provided with an oval or turtle-backroof, 13, windows D, let into said roof upon either side of the car, thefaces of such windows being upon a plane substantiallyin line with andparallel with the sides of the car, substantially as specified. 1

LOUIS o. HYDE.

